DriveWorks Solo is Design Automation software which allows you to quickly and easily create and configure custom products inside SOLIDWORKS®.

Setup and use DriveWorks Solo in the engineering department to generate the 3D Designs, detailed manufacturing drawings & quotes for each new order-specific design.

Enter new dimensions or order specific details into your own custom forms inside SOLIDWORKS for each variation required. The output is all the information required to manufacture and market product variants.

Use DriveWorks Solo to generate order specific product variations.

You can generate your SOLIDWORKS Parts, Assemblies and detailed Drawings automatically. DriveWorks Solo even lets you preview and generate quotes to help you respond quickly to enquiries from your sales team.

Preview Results – 3D Models, Drawings and Documents.

DriveWorks Solo harnesses the power of SOLIDWORKS so you can preview the effect of your selections and see the changes to your design. Preview mode is great for ‘what if’ scenarios too. You can make changes, zoom in, zoom out, rotate and check the model before finalizing your design.

Customizable Forms to Aid Selections.

DriveWorks Solo has an inbuilt Form Designer, which you can use to design your own forms, to help you configure valid permutations. Include images as well as guidance messages and feedback in your form to help you select the right options. You can even add your own rules-based form-to-form navigation to help you move quickly through the forms depending on what options you need to select.

Re-use Existing Company Data

Companies that design and manufacture custom products, invariably rely on data that exists in other company systems, spreadsheets, note books, co-workers heads! DriveWorks Solo lets you copy information and then save it in Solo so that that data can be re-used in your project on the forms and as you build the rules for your custom designs.

Template Documents for Responding to Sales Enquiries

By linking the values entered on your DriveWorks forms to the rules and data inside DriveWorks Solo, you can provide a fast response to sales enquiries from your sales colleagues and customers. Use the in built DriveWorks Solo template quote, covering letter and BOM to create a professional response automatically and all based on your rules.

Advanced Control over your Drawings

With DriveWorks Solo you can use rules to control the state and scale of Sheets. You can also control the state, scale and position of Views, the position of Break Lines, Annotations, Annotation Positions, Layers, and Custom Properties. DriveWorks Solo can also save Drawings out in other file formats, such as PDF, JPEG, DWF and DWG.

New Files Created Where You Want Them – Automatically

When you are happy that your specification meets your requirements, you can finalize your results. Your models will be saved where you want them with the final file names assigned (and based on your rules); your detail drawings and documents will also be generated… so that you are ready to start manufacturing.

Product Comparison Overview.

From stand-alone seats to company-wide solutions, DriveWorks software can be used for Design Automation and Sales Configuration by most companies creating ‘Same but Different’ products. Whether you are an engineer looking for a Design Automation solution or a company wanting to provide Product Configuration and Guided Selling for your own teams, Distributors and Dealers, DriveWorks software is modular and scalable so you can set up and use the products to your advantage and at your own pace. Use the DriveWorks Product Comparison Chart below

With a 30 Day FREE trial, over 25 How to Video Clips, regular Getting Started Webinars, FREE Online Training, Online HELP file, templates for Quote and BOM, and a range of industry specific Sample Projects, make sure you take a trial today to see how you could benefit.

30 Day Free Trial

Free to download from our website.

Email Support

Get email support if you need help getting started.

Online Training Available

Be proficient in an hour, expert in a day!

Templates Included

Quote, Covering Letter & BOM templates included.

How To Videos

Comprehensive ‘How to’ Video Clips

Quick Start Content

Several Sample Projects included and more available to download.

DriveWorks Solo – Try it

Try DriveWorks Solo free for 30 days. Find out for yourself what is involved in setting up your own time-saving Design Automation project inside SolidWorks. You can take advantage of all our Online resources: Getting Started Webinars, How to Video Clips, Training Tutorial and much more, during your trial period.

Training

With our DriveWorks Solo Learning and Training Resources you can quickly pick up the basics and really get to grips with the software. From How To Video Clips to regular Online Training sessions, make the most of the materials we have created for you.

Be proficient in an hour, an expert in a day!

Getting Started Webinar

We run the Webinar the first and third Wednesdays of every month. You will learn:

• How to capture the parameters you want to control.
• How to create a simple form.
• How to build rules.

Whether you are using the DriveWorks Solo Trial License, have recently purchased the software or just want to refresh your knowledge, you can sign up at any time for our regular Getting Started Webinar.

Online Training

Tutorial

Download the complete Training Tutorial for DriveWorks Solo from the DriveWorks Community. The manual is in PDF format and you can also be able to download the accompanying SolidWorks Files. There is a video for each lesson that you can either download or view online.

Completing the DriveWorks Solo training is good preparation for DriveWorks Pro training.

From a single user to a multi-user environment

DriveWorks software solutions are modular and scalable, so companies can get started with the minimum of effort and financial outlay. You can start with DriveWorksXpress, upgrade to DriveWorks Solo and then add one or more of the DriveWorks Pro individual modules.

DriveWorks Xpress

Entry level product built inside SolidWorks. Set up and use in the engineering department to automate your design process and reduce repetitive tasks.

DriveWorks Solo

DriveWorks Pro

Configurator for desktop, mobile and tablet. Add specific software modules as you need them and as you automate more. Extend and share the benefits of Automation to others in the organization AND online.

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What More Can I do With DriveWorks Solo?

You can create Quotes for use by colleagues in Sales

You’ll also be able to create customizable forms, preview your results on screen, use more functions and variables in your rule building, together with advanced drawing-view capability and control. These are just some of the additional features that you can take advantage of in DriveWorks Solo.

What More Can I do With DriveWorks Pro?

License types to suit your needs

Use DriveWorks Pro Administrator to set up and manage your projects. Once set up, add more DriveWorks Pro Modules such as DriveWorks Pro Live and DriveWorks Autopilot so others can fill out the forms to design and configure new variations.

Other users can be other engineers, non-technical staff, colleagues on the network or external users, such as distributors or customers. They will be able to specify new variations simply by filling out the forms which can be integrated within your existing website. Specifications can be processed by DriveWorks Pro Autopilot, automatically taking care of the creation of 3D Parts, Assemblies, 2D Drawings as well as any documents (DWG, DXF, PDF, Word, Excel, JPG, XML) required.

Results such as quotes and eDrawings can be emailed using functionality in DriveWorks Pro Autopilot and even passed to other company systems such as ERP and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM.

DriveWorks 3D Viewer

The DriveWorks 3D Viewer is a free mobile app that allows anyone with a compatible mobile device to download, view, save and share 3D files.

It is a ‘must have’ for all businesses using DriveWorks Pro as an Online Product or Sales Configurator. The app allows mobile-friendly versions of configurable 3D CAD files to be viewed, used and even shared by anyone using an iPad, iPhone, Android or Windows 8 tablet and who wants to show off their products in 3D.